I met my tutees.
One student couldn’t come.
We went over the materials that Xiao-Wei and Marcos learned in the last
two days. They needed help with
pronunciation. We spent some time reading
out loud. Xiao-Wei still had
trouble with the “th” sound, so we practiced several times on words that begin
with the “th” sound.
We worked on the worksheet that I prepared for Marcos and
Xiao-Wei. They already learned
about “making the bed, making dinner…”
I had a list where they had to choose the word “make” or “do” for
different activities, such as “do the laundry, make a phone call, do the
dishes, make coffee, do business…”
We also worked on some phrases for clearer pronunciation,
such as “I’ll be right back; I am busy right now; and Do you think you can call
me back?” Both tutees wanted to
learn how to respond in everyday conversations. They both had experiences in the past where they didn’t know
what to say when they were spoken to.
For example, Marcos said that someone bumped into him and said, “Excuse
me!” He wasn’t sure what to say
because he always thought that “Excuse me” was supposed to be used in front of
a sentence when asking a question or making a statement. We worked on speaking and listening
comprehension in this session.
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